diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 8ae7c2be70c273cca91a1faff8551fd1f0cc6b0e..0c3a2eb617263068e086e76b1af0032569ff9715 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1264,14 +1264,14 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_oom_score_adj_operations = {
 static inline int reliable_check(struct task_struct *task, struct pid *pid)
 {
 	if (!mem_reliable_is_enabled())
-		return -EPERM;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (is_global_init(task))
-		return -EPERM;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!task->mm || (task->flags & PF_KTHREAD) ||
 	    (task->flags & PF_EXITING))
-		return -EPERM;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return 0;
 }